[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``The Annual National Export Strategy 
Report of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committees 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Indian Affairs be 
authorized to hold a joint hearing on tribal communications on May 14, 
2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, May 
14, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct an hearing to receive testimony 
regarding the Persistent Organic Pollutants, POPs, Implementation Act 
of 2002, S. 2118, and the legislative proposal put forth by the Bush 
administration. The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Joint Committee on Taxation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Committee on Taxation be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10 a.m. to convene a joint review 
of the strategic plans and budget of the IRS.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on crime and drugs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs be authorized to meet 
to conduct a hearing on ``Justice for Sexual Assault Victims: Using DNA 
Evidence to Combat Crime'' on Thursday, May 14, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. in 
Dirksen 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Dr. Dwight E. Adams, Assistant Director, Laboratory 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC; and the 
Honorable Sarah V. Hart, Director, National Institute of Justice, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Mrs. Debbie Smith, Williamsburg, Virginia; Ms. Linda A. 
Fairstein, former Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit, New York 
County District Attorney's Office, New York, New York; Ms. Debra S. 
Holbrook, Registered Nurse and Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, 
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Delaware; Ms. Susan Narveson, 
President, Association of Criminal Laboratory Directors, Phoenix, 
Arizona; and Mr. J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Stone Mountain 
Judicial Circuit, Vice President, National District Attorneys 
Association, Decatur, Georgia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on oceans, atmosphere and fisheries

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere and Fisheries be authorized to meet 
on May 14, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. on S. 1825, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, 
and Pacific salmon management issues.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on oversight of government management, restructuring and 
                        the district of columbia

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10 a.m. for a hearing to examine 
``Tobacco's Deadly Secret: The Impact of Tobacco Marketing on Women and 
Girls.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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